Save the Fruit

Duration: Five 60-minute sessions

Grade Levels: 3-5

Create a device that will harvest fruit from a tree and examine points of failure for iteration.
Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

 

Grade Levels: 3-5

Duration: Five 60-minute sessions

Objectives:

  • Create a device, identify the components of their device, and explain how each component contributes to the system.
  • Collaboratively build a device that will help solve the real-world problems of harvesting fruit from trees and preventing food waste.
  • Identify failure points in their design and explain iterations supported by data.
  • Compare different solutions to the design problem and use observations to iterate their design.
  • Evaluate the differences between monoculture and polyculture farming.

The Tech Academies

This activity was developed in partnership with educators from The Tech Academies Fellowship program. Tech Academy Fellows learn to be leaders of STEM education while designing and testing resources to be shared with other educators.